"He is not before the court for any allegation that he or anybody at his direction colluded with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election," Ellis said in court. Manafort was there for tax fraud, hiding foreign bank accounts and bank fraud.

In short, this was a fairly typical financial fraud matter that many perceived as a show trial for the Mueller investigation. Even many of Manafort's admitted crimes, like illegal foreign lobbying and money laundering, weren't part of what Ellis considered on Thursday.

Girls, is CNN lying? Is CNN lying that this is about bank fraud and money laundering that Manafort committed while working in Ukraine under The Podesta group? Is CNN LYING that this has nothing to do with Russia?

@visafree, yes liberals media busted for peddling fake news. For 2 years they said Manafort case was for collusion yet Judge and CNN admitted yesterday its for tax fraud and bank fraud and tax evasion which happened while working for the Obama state department.

No, Reaper, you are busted trying to twist the fact while claiming " no collusion", yes the judge did not like to hear anything about collusion yet, Manafort's lawyer came declaring " no collusion" outside the court.. that in itself, is something else to look into by the new house congress..